People were still getting their bearings on the new course, and most people elected to do the safe thing — follow whatever boat Steve’s in.\u00a0 Steve\/Devin (Tasar) led the pack throughout the race, with the only real challenger being Ken S (Laser).\u00a0 Jean\/Carla (Tasar) took 3rd, Annie\/Tony (Hobie 18) 4th, Chunshu (Laser) 5th, Tom N (Laser) 6th, and just-graduated LTS students Dan\/Joanne (Albacore) in 7th.\u00a0 Mike R (Laser) didn’t make the start line in time, and ended with a DNS 9 points.<\/p>\n
Race 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Wow, this was one to write home about.\u00a0 First of all, everyone had their “safe” tour around the course, so they decided to be aggressive.\u00a0 Maybe a little too<\/em> aggressive.\u00a0 Ken tried pushing Jean\/Carla up above the committee boat before the race, and this encouraged the Tasar to really nail the start.\u00a0 While running along the start line, the edge of Jean\/Carla’s boat was across by about 6-8″ and once the start sound went, it was followed by the individual-recall flag.\u00a0 Jean\/Carla couldn’t believe it, but turned back and restarted anyway (behind the rest of the fleet).\u00a0 Methinks they were not happy about it.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Chunshu was on his game!\u00a0 Not only was he keeping pace with Laser master Ken, and veteran Tom, but the 3 Lasers were right behind Tony\/Annie’s cat by the leeward mark.\u00a0 I’m not sure I’ve ever seen 4 KSC boats that close at that point in the race.\u00a0 Chunshu pulled an AWESOME move.\u00a0 Recognizing that the 3 boats in front of him were going to have to “pinwheel” around the mark, he cut in right behind the cat (the inside boat) and tacked right after rounding.\u00a0 The cat continued on, leaving Ken and Tom struggling in its wind shadow, while Chunshu gained on all of them and was sailing in clear air.\u00a0 You should have heard Heidi in the RC boat “That’s my student! I’m so proud!”<\/p>\n Jean\/Carla (with nobody around them) apparently hit the gybe mark in the meantime, and their 360 cost them even more time.\u00a0 Devin\/Steve won the race (of course), followed by the Tony\/Annie cat (2nd), Chunshu (3rd, his best placement to date), Ken (4th), Mike (5th), Tom (6th).\u00a0 Carla\/Jean managed to pass the Albacore to claim 7th, while Joanne\/Dan finished 8th.<\/p>\n 3rd race<\/strong><\/p>\n It was after the 3rd race had started that the RC noticed “hey, our gybe mark is gone”.\u00a0 Way off in the distance, toward Aylmer island and almost in line with the windward mark, the “gybe” mark was drifting down river.\u00a0 By the time the RC got there, the first boats had already reached the leg, the the RC had no choice but to let the sailors run the course as is (essentially, a windward\/leeward course).\u00a0 Whatever, it was all in good fun.\u00a0 The wind petered off on the downwind (down to maybe 4 knots), and the race took a while to actually finish, without too much drama or events (at least none that I saw, but I was focused on retrieving the mark).<\/p>\n Steve\/Devin got the bullet (AGAIN) with Tony\/Annie getting 2nd.\u00a0 Considering the cat’s (shall we say) “disappointing” placements last season, Annie and Tony have really upped their game this year.\u00a0 Ken claimed 3rd, followed by Chunshu (4th), Jean\/Carla (5th), Tom (6th) and Mike (7th).\u00a0 Dan\/Joanne had to retire due to a previous commitment, but their boat was subsequently claimed for an after-racing sail by Rebecca and Mark.<\/p>\n Apres-sail<\/strong><\/p>\n Many thanks to Carla for bringing the food\/beer, and for Heidi for helping RC.\u00a0 Frank (not sailing due to a cold) BBQ’d up some mighty fine burgers, and we all enjoyed a beautiful night.\u00a0 Uncharacteristically, the wind picked up as the sun was going down (up to 10 knots, maybe), so those who elected to stay on the water (Mike, Mark, Rebecca) had some good fun blasting along.<\/p>\n Season score wise, Carla doubles her lead over Jason!\u00a0 Last week she was ahead by 1 point, this week she’s ahead by 2 (28 to 30).\u00a0 But look out, both of you… Tony’s coming on strong after a pair of 2nd place finishes, and Steve’s 15-point DNC races are quickly being replaced by wins.\u00a0 Tom, Chunshu, Jean and Annie are getting in the mix, and adding Ken to the roster of regulars will make it that much harder to get those 2nd\/3rd place finishes (can we all just assume that Steve will be finishing 1st?).\u00a0 Season score here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The summer series scores are a lot less interesting.\u00a0 Steve’s whopping butt (his only non-1st-place-finish is a 3rd, and that’s a dropped score).\u00a0 Ken’s in 2nd with a bit of margin over Carla and Jason, but not enough to “lock it”.\u00a0 Annie\/Tony are tied for 5th, which is AWESOME.\u00a0 Last year the cats (be it 16 or 18) were typically near the bottom of the fleet, considering our short tack-friendly courses, but this year they’re solidly in the middle of the fleet, including grabbing a couple of 2nd place finishes over Laser\/Tasar\/Albacore veterans.\u00a0 If the legs were a mile long, they could very well be beating Steve!\u00a0 Summer series scores here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We had a huge number of highlights, so let’s dive right in! 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